Senior Painter

The Senior Painter is a highly skilled professional responsible for delivering exceptional painting services to various properties within the Kalispel Tribe. This role requires a comprehensive understanding of painting techniques, materials, and best practices to ensure high-quality results.

• Ensure quality meets all KDEV standards
• Protect surfaces, trimmings, fixtures, windows, etc. through the completion of the painting project
• Prepare, prime, sand, seal, patch, and paint interior or exterior surfaces utilizing various painting materials
• Mix, match, and apply paints and other finishes to various surfaces
• Provide decorative and faux finishes per the contract documents
• Prepare the surrounding area by covering with cloth or plastic to prevent messes
• Select and purchase paint, brushes, and other supplies from approved vendors
• Operate, clean, and maintain all painting equipment, including brushes, rollers, and sprays

• One-year certificate from college or technical school
• 15+ years of commercial, industrial, facilities, or residential painting experience
• 5+ years as a painter with the Kalispel Tribe or at the discretion of the Director of Projects & Construction Management and Construction Project Superintendent
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Tribal Work Permit
• Valid Driver's License (Must be in possession while operating a Tribal Vehicle)
• Certification is required to operate a forklift

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to tobacco smoke, moving mechanical parts, and fumes or airborne particles.

The worker is frequently subject to inside environmental conditions, which provide protection from weather conditions, but not necessarily from temperature changes, and is occasionally subject to outside environmental conditions and to wet and/or humid conditions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.